Travel: Japan - General

[sachiko]

MMM:

Is June really a bad time to go to Tokyo???

It does rain a fair bit in June. I went in June the last time.. It rained 4 out of 6 days. Didn't really enjoy in Disneyland and Disneysea because of the wet weather.

[mckenzy]

We found Bluelabel somewhere in between Shibuya station and Harajuku station... wasn't that easy to find... i've linked it on googlemaps



http://maps.google.com.sg/maps/ms?gl=sg&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=110362003967688992309.0004854788e093ffdd470&ll=35.663163,139.701548&spn=0.009702,0.010504&t=h&z=17

[June]

Thanks will keep the tips/notes handy.


Any recommendation of which hotel to stay? Near to train station, and must be a good neighbour hotel?

[tankee]

My preference is Sunshine City Prince Hotel.


Sunshine city itself is a big shopping mall, linked with the shopping belt to the other malls at and around Ikebukuro station.

room is decent sized (should be considered big within tokyo city).

[mckenzy]

For Disney we didn't stay at the resort area but one train stop away.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Urayasu_Station

The station has Uniqlo, a large book store, cafes and some shopping..

The Oriental Tokyo Bay is a very nice hotel. They have regular shuttles to Disney. Airport limo can be arranged here as well. Just opposite the hotel is the train station and just behind the station are two Malls.

One of the Malls has loads of shopping, supermarket, cafes, even a food court... we stocked up on groceries and stuff we wanted to bring back to Singapore... nice and quiet. The little i researched about this area depicted the area as catering to an American populace... the district is arranged in blocks rather than the haphazard layout of Tokyo city.

http://lifesg.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/oriental-hotel-tokyo-bay/

[June]

tankee:

My preference is Sunshine City Prince Hotel.

Thanks Tankee, is this near to any train station. Hmm u know i have been spending some time digesting the train network map however i kept seeing stars. By any chance do you know whether are they \"good neighbour hotel\" as intend to hit disney 3 days keke

[June]

mckenzy:

For Disney we didn't stay at the resort area but one train stop away.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Urayasu_Station

mckenzy: Thanks for sharing.. sounds exactly what i was looking for Will continue to do more research Btw wondering how did u get from disney area to The Oriental Tokyo Bay? Train?

Thanks all for sharing, greatly appreciate

[tankee]

June:

tankee:

My preference is Sunshine City Prince Hotel.

Thanks Tankee, is this near to any train station. Hmm u know i have been spending some time digesting the train network map however i kept seeing stars. By any chance do you know whether are they \"good neighbour hotel\" as intend to hit disney 3 days keke

it is walking distance from Ikebukuro station, which is one of the cross-road stations where you can take different lines.

[mckenzy]

June:

mckenzy:

For Disney we didn't stay at the resort area but one train stop away.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Urayasu_Station

mckenzy: Thanks for sharing.. sounds exactly what i was looking for Will continue to do more research Btw wondering how did u get from disney area to The Oriental Tokyo Bay? Train?

Thanks all for sharing, greatly appreciate

There is a shuttle bus to and fro Disney to Oriental Tokyo Bay every 30 minutes or so iirc...

The train system is daunting... you just need a smattering of mandarin and you're good to go...

[June]

tankee: Sunshine City Prince Hotel looks good and it was one stop away from Shinjuku …sigh they are not good neighbour hotel…Will need to check how to get to Disneyland from there…


mckenzy: are you a professional photographer? Yr pics are so professionally captured! Do you get to downtown eg: Shinjuku area when u stayed at The Oriental Tokyo Bay, was wondering how to get there…by train …hmm i think i will end up back to the same station haha as it’s so confusing leh.